Lagos stand up, it’s this weekend!!. The traditional wedding of Lola Omotayo and Peter Okoye is holding this weekend, 17th of November, 2013 and I know it will be a day so many people won’t forget in a hurry. According to a source, it’s a strictly by invitation party and a lot of dignitaries will be gracing the occasion. Peter and Lola already have two kids together. We wish the couple all the best.

ASUU set to suspend strike this week – Union leaders

Indications have emerged that the Academic Staff Union of Universities may call off the over four-month-old strike on Thursday.

          Barring a last-minute change, the National Executive Committee of ASUU will meet on Wednesday night to consider the position of the congresses of the over 50 public universities on the offer made by the Federal government to revamp the institutions.

The union met with a Federal Government team led by President Goodluck Jonathan last Tuesday in Abuja.

         The ASUU leadership, after briefing the zonal coordinators on the offer, had directed the local branches to organise congress meetings between Friday last week and Tuesday (tomorrow).

This is to enable all the lecturers to make input into the action the union would take after its NEC meeting on Thursday.

         However, feelers from most universities that had organised their congresses revealed that ASUU would suspend the strike after the Thursday NEC meeting.

In some universities, including the Obafemi Awolowo University and the Lagos State University that have scheduled their congress meetings for Monday (today), union leaders and lecturers expressed hope that the strike would end this week.

Also, some top officials of the union in some of the nine zones of ASUU said even though they were not happy with the plan by the government to inject N220bn yearly into the public universities for the next five years, they were pleased that a commitment had been obtained by the union.

Though the Ibadan Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Dr. Nasir Adesola, confirmed that the NEC meeting would hold on Wednesday, he did not say whether the strike would be called off or not.

“Yes, the NEC will hold on Wednesday evening but ASUU has a process which we are going to follow. NEC reserves the right to call off the strike after due consultation with members and this is why congresses are being called in all the chapters of the union. Please, wait till after the congress,” he told one of our correspondents on the telephone.

But another source said, “Our NEC meeting will hold between Wednesday night and Thursday. Our chapters have started holding meetings to discuss the Federal Government’s offer. This is to allow input from all the lecturers. We have to carry them along to avoid disunity since there are moves by some elements to infiltrate us.”

Another source told one of our correspondents that some members had expressed mixed feelings about the Federal Government’s new offer based on its refusal to honour past agreements.

“The radicals among us are sceptical about this latest offer. They do not believe that government will respect the agreement. Their view is that government only wants to deceive the union to call off the strike before it will jettison it.”

A top official of the union, who confirmed the fears, told one of our correspondents that although members’ opinions at the zonal congresses were divided over the government’s offer, the majority still decided to give the government the benefit of the doubt.

He also said that the majority opinion was that the review of the agreement which was supposed to hold this year should be postponed till next year in the interest of peace.

The official added, “Members were persuaded because President Goodluck Jonathan personally met with the union. They felt since the President was involved in the negotiation this time around, the government would not say that it was arm-twisted to make the offer.

“This is the problem we are having with the 2009 agreement. By now we should be talking about a review but we are still having troubles with implementation.

“Although feelers across the zones are that we should call off the strike, we are going to put down the government offer in black and white and make it public so that nobody accuses us tomorrow of asking for too much.”

Some universities are expected to hold their congresses on Monday (today) to discuss the outcome of the zonal congresses held at nine centres across the country last week.

A source at the meeting between the government and ASUU told one of our correspondents that the government after a long debate agreed to inject N220bn yearly for the next five years beginning from 2014.

He had said, “The meeting should be the longest that we have ever had on this crisis but I can tell you that both parties were frank all through the discussions. The parties also showed commitment towards ending the crisis. The President in particular showed that he was serious about ending the strike and that was why he offered to release over N1tn to the universities in the next five years.

“The money will be released on a yearly basis at N220bn per annum beginning from 2014. For the outgoing year, the Federal Government will only release N100bn and this has been processed.

“In order to show commitment to this deal, the money will be kept at the Central Bank of Nigeria and will be released on a quarterly basis to the universities. So, there won’t be any problem about funding the deal.”

The source added that the National Universities Commission and the Trade Union Congress would be joint guarantors of the new agreement while the Minister of Education would be the implementation officer.

He said that the government also agreed, among other things, to revamp the public universities by ensuring that all the issues that always lead to strike were dealt with once and for all.

History of FGC IBillo

BRIEF HISTORY
The present site of Federal Government College, Ibillo was
originally occupied by Anglican Girls Grammar School, Ibillo
which was established in the 1960(s). Later in 1978, the
name was changed to Okpameri Girls Grammar School. In
1995, after the creation of Edo State from the Bendel
State, there was the need to establish a Federal
Government College in the state to cater for boys and girls
since Federal Government College Warri now belong to
Delta State. This now led to the establishment of Federal
Government College, Ibillo in 1995 which took over the site
of Okpameri Grils Grammar School. The firts set of students
reported to the college on the 13th May, 1995. Since the
inception of the school, it has witnessed successive
administrations starting with the pioneering Principal.
Mr. Akidime - The Pioneer Principal 1995-2001
Mr. J. O. Oderinwale 2001-2008
Mrs. M. S. Ali 2008-2010;
Mr. T. E Gwankat 2010-2012
Chief (Mrs.) B. A Are(FNIM) 24th Oct. 2012 to date
Over the years, the college has turned out a total number
of 2346 students. The first set of students graduated in the
year 2000. See attached list.
No. of Students Graduated
2000 - 329
2001 - 341
2002 - 313
2003 - 217
2004 - 132
2005 - 198
2006 - 174
2007 - 084
2008 - 083
2009 - 101
2010 - 124
2011 - 159
2012 - 091
Total = 2346
The performance of the students in the external
examinations (WAEC - NECO) has been impressive; this is
evident in the number of students that are being offered
admission into tertiary institutions every year through
JAMB. The college has also recorded impressive
performance in other spheres of activities like Sport, Drama
and Debate etc. Presently the population of the college is
700 with staff strength of 131 i.e. 71 Academic and 61 Non
– Academic and about 50 PTA teachers supported with 4
casual workers for smooth running of the college.
Federal Government College, Ibillo is a co-educational
institution with students population of 700. There are 131
staff comprising 61 academic and 70 non - academic.
There are also other part –time staff for effective and
efficient management. Ours is a purpose driven school,
striving to create conducive environment for teaching and
learning. We are determined to be the school of first choice
providing quality education and promising the ideals of
National Unity. Join us for a ride as we launch you into the
world of the school of our dream.
MOTTO: "PRO UNITATE"
We are established to bring Nigeria Children together so
that they could develop a sense of unity as they appreciate
each other's culture. Furthermore, we serve as models in
every aspect of educational provision.
VISION AND CARDINALS
The Vision of the school has been "To be the topmost
ranked college producing confident, patriotic and globally
competitive".
OUR CARDINALS ARE:
Godliness
Character
Academic Excellence
Service
Corporate Outlook
SCHOOL CURRICULUM
The school curriculum is grouped into five (5) Department
namely: Core, Science, Technology, Humanities and
Commercial.
BOARDING HOUSE ORGANIZATION
Boarding House is organized into four (4) House.
Niger House (Purple)
Ose House (Red)
Chad House (Green)
Benue House (Blue).
SUPPORT SERVICE
Support services in the school are:-
Guidance and Counseling Department
Library Department
Clinic Department
Bursary Department
Kitchen Department
Store Department
THE COLLEGE ANTHEM
Great FEGOCOL I reverend thee
My ever dearest, Alma-mater
Prepare me with thy tenderest love
A seedling nursed
A bosom fair
Instill in me thy wisdom and truth
To tread on earth with love and view
Uphold thy course of brotherhood.
Refrain:
Oh thou glorious day
I'm yet to see
When I leave thee
For live great sea
Great FEGOCOL Ibillo
With pride and joy
I vow to reflect and adore thee.
SCHOOL PRAYER
O' God by Grace has allowed this school to be established.
We pray that you make the school a field which you have
blessed, that what so ever things are true, pure, lovely and
of good report, may be forever flourish and abound.
Preserve in it unblemished record and make it an
instrument of thy Glory. (Amen)
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